Beechcraft 23 N1823Q

Summary

On 10 August 1996 at about 16:00 local time, a Beechcraft 23 registered N1823Q was involved in an accident near Wilmot, Wisconsin, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 August 1996 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Wilmot, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Westosha (WI10)

Coordinates

42.5010, -88.1790

Aircraft

Beechcraft 23

Registration

N1823Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI96LA288

Nobody was injured.

improper planning/decision by the flight instructor (CFI) by failing to ensure that the airplane would be able to clear brush and trees near the departure end of the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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A certified flight instructor (CFI) was demonstrating a soft field landing and takeoff to a student pilot. After landing, they back-taxied to the approach end of the 1,480 foot turf runway and initiated a takeoff. After lift-off near the departure end, the airplane hit bushes and would not maintain a positive rate of climb. It then settled into trees and crashed. Using the pilot operating handbook, the ground run on a paved runway was calculated to be 1,276 feet. To clear a 50 foot obstacle after taking off from a paved runway, the required distance was calculated to be 2,211 feet.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.